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Posted: 3/27/2019 9:47:07 PM EDT
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Natural born tick killer. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Posted: 3/27/2019 10:37:01 PM EDT
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I like them, but never could get them to last. The first time I got some, they were mean to the chickens (chased them away from the coop as roost time approached), and were too stupid to go in and roost themselves. They'd fly up on top of the run, drop down behind it, then ran back and forth trying to get in. I'd slowly work them back around to the front, where they'd walk past the open gate and fly over again.
 Attached File Attached FileYears later I tried again, and tried to keep them outside. I released them on top of the goat pen, hoping they'd roost in the trees above. They stayed on the pen at night, and all got killed in a matter of days.  Attached File Attached FileWe're near some creek bottoms, and there's an endless supply of predators. Possums, Raccoons, Foxes, and Bobcats are the main fowl-killers around here.  Attached File |
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Posted: 3/27/2019 10:44:45 PM EDT
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Back in the '60s and '70s, Guinea fowl were allowed to roam freely around the San Diego Zoo (along with Bantam chickens, Peafowl, and several other species.) The birds did a very good job taking care of ticks, spiders, pest insects, etc. so the keepers told me. But little kids would get pecked occasionally. |
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Posted: 3/27/2019 10:48:26 PM EDT
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Guinea hen |
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Posted: 3/27/2019 11:01:58 PM EDT
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Guinea hen |
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Posted: 3/27/2019 11:09:19 PM EDT
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Hard thing is keeping them out of the road. |
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Posted: 3/27/2019 11:11:25 PM EDT
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Guinea hen..lol they make great watchdogs, err watchbirds until you want to shoot the fuckers. |
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Posted: 3/27/2019 11:21:21 PM EDT
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So I'd never seen them until some years after my sister had geese and emus.
I saw a guinea hen and thought this is what happens when you don't keep your fucking weird ass birds separated. I was worried her ranch was like some sort of fucked up Jurassic Park until she told me about guinea hens. |
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Posted: 3/27/2019 11:22:21 PM EDT
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Horse stables around me love them for bug control.
Had a good gig selling day old keets( chicks). I would buy eggs for $2/ dozen, and sell day olds for $5/ chick. Market got saturated after a few years. 
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Posted: 3/27/2019 11:26:33 PM EDT
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I like them, but never could get them to last. The first time I got some, they were mean to the chickens (chased them away from the coop as roost time approached), and were too stupid to go in and roost themselves. They'd fly up on top of the run, drop down behind it, then ran back and forth trying to get in. I'd slowly work them back around to the front, where they'd walk past the open gate and fly over again. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/51036/2012-8-15_Guineas__2__jpg-892565.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/51036/2012-8-15_Guineas__1__jpg-892563.JPG Years later I tried again, and tried to keep them outside. I released them on top of the goat pen, hoping they'd roost in the trees above. They stayed on the pen at night, and all got killed in a matter of days. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/51036/2017-6-2_Jacobs_Cave_Guineas__1__jpg-892569.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/51036/20170604_173506_jpg-892572.JPG We're near some creek bottoms, and there's an endless supply of predators. Possums, Raccoons, Foxes, and Bobcats are the main fowl-killers around here. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/51036/20170403_Raccoon_jpg-892574.JPG 
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Posted: 3/27/2019 11:32:03 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/27/2019 11:34:38 PM EDT
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A snipe.
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Posted: 3/28/2019 5:26:49 AM EDT
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Do you live in Hialeah? |
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Posted: 3/30/2019 12:48:52 AM EDT
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Its hard to believe there is an animal dumber than a chicken, but there is. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Hard thing is keeping them out of the road. They're birds. That's why they are food. |
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